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Noun: bok choy
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: pak choi)
  1. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
    - bok choi [N. Amer], pakchoi, pak choi, Chinese white cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis
     
  2. Elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks
    - bok choi [N. Amer], pak choi

Type of: cabbage, chou, crucifer, cruciferous plant

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Bok choy